The Work Trap: Rediscovering Leisure, Redefining Work – Martin C. Helldorfer

When it happens that a worklike approach to life becomes one’s only approach, this special difficulty is termed work-fixation. Work-fixation turns every experience into work – even playing, dancing, or relaxing. Work-fixation is not the same as spending long hours at an office. Nor is it necessarily avoided by spending much time pursuing leisure-time activities. […]